The clouds of Partygate may part for Johnson, but there will be another one along soon | Simon Jenkins

He stumbles from one fine mess to another. It is hard to know when there was worse custodianship of national affairs

Another triumph for Boris Johnson’s Houdini act. Partygate appears over with today’s announcement that the Metropolitan police has closed the file on Downing Street parties, with 126 penalty notices and reportedly no more for the prime minister. Rumours are that Sue Gray’s separate report on the parties will be published next week, but it is hard to see what it is likely to add, or...